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I just bought a new Macbook. It is currently running 10.5 for the OS. Snow Leopard is in the mail on the way. I want to set up boot camp. Want to play some Left 4 Dead. How do I do this? Or, is it just better to dual boot?
 
I heard there are problems with printing in Snow Leopard. If you plan on printing, you might want to hold off upgrading your OS.
 
Prodigy146 said:
You bought a mac. And you expect to play left 4 dead?


Why did you buy a mac again?
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It runs fine on Macbooks. Do your research before you say anything. I bought a Mac for all of the video and image editing I do. If you haven't heard, they perform a lot better than any Windows machine in that category.
 
GhostGT said:
Rohan, are you just looking for directions on how to set up Boot Camp? Or alternative ways to boot into windows on the Macbook?

I found a neat article that discusses how to use both "Boot Camp" and also "Parallels." Check it out.

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2990&article=Apple+Bootcamp+versus+Parallels

If I'm totally off topic, explain a little more. I have Boot Camp running on two Macs in my house for my sister.

Chris
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That was extremely helpful. Nice find! Since Photoshop and most editing software are compatible with both Mac and Windows, games are the only thing that are lacking. I do have my desktop with me to game, but I would like an option to play Source or Left 4 Dead if I ever leave the house. It isn't often, but I have urges to game, haha. I'll be going with Boot Camp since it's free. Is it possible to run Vista or Windows 7 yet?
 
rohan23 said:
That was extremely helpful. Nice find! Since Photoshop and most editing software are compatible with both Mac and Windows, games are the only thing that are lacking. I do have my desktop with me to game, but I would like an option to play Source or Left 4 Dead if I ever leave the house. It isn't often, but I have urges to game, haha. I'll be going with Boot Camp since it's free. Is it possible to run Vista or Windows 7 yet?
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Vista definitely is, as one of the two Macs in my house have Vista; the other has XP.

I have the article that I used printed and saved somewhere...can't find it at the moment. Here's an article for Vista and Boot Camp:

http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/05/2...l-vista-on-your-mac-the-complete-walkthrough/


Here's the Windows 7 Installation Guide... it's the same website I linked earlier but this is their "Windows 7" guide. As you can see there, they give you the options of dual-booting, or using Parallels.

http://www.simplehelp.net/2009/01/1...ndows-7-on-your-mac-the-complete-walkthrough/


Hope this helps,

Chris
 
rohan23 said:
It runs fine on Macbooks. Do your research before you say anything. I bought a Mac for all of the video and image editing I do. If you haven't heard, they perform a lot better than any Windows machine in that category.
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But you need windows to run the game?
 
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